Improvement in paper-files



L. P. KIEECH. 9 Paper FHe, No. 124,961. Patentedmaycn 26,1872..

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UNITED STATES ATENT TICE.

LAWSON P. KEECH, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AsSIefNOR TO JOHNB. SMITH, OF NEW YORK CITY, AND ELLEN P. KEEOH, OF WASH- INGTON,DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER-FILES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 124,961, dated March26, 1872.

their place, used in book form, and, when filled to the desiredthickness, may be bound (while in the file-slats or covers, butindependent of the same,) by stitching or lacing with tape, cord, orwire, 'after which said file-slats or covers can be detached and usedfor another book of index sheets. Instead of the le-covers simple slatsmay be used, if formed in the manner I have devised, for securing thebook of sheets and holding them in their place while other papers are`tiled between them; the object of my invention being to secure and holdthe classified papers in book form while being filed, so that they canbe as readily referred to while in the file-covers or slats as atterbeing bound, and at the same time admit of a temporary withdrawal of anyparticular paper for reference or use, it' desired; and also to form aconvenient means for binding while thus securely and firmly held.

My device for holding the index-sheets and papers in temporary book formwhile they accumulate in file, and the mode of inserting the paperswithout disarranging those previously filed, and also the convenienceforeasily binding them while thus held, is shown in the accompanyingdrawing. Figure l shows the.

construction of the index-sheets; notches c a in the corners aredesigned to admit of elastic or other bands therein at each end of thebook.

corresponding and uniting with those of the in- Y dex-sheets, keep thebands in their place, while they, in turn, keep the index-sheets intheir place. b b are perforations and Openings to allow the driving anawl through the book and bindingit previous to the removal of thebands.- The manner of cutting the notches may be varied to suit the kindof band, cord, or strap that may be adopted, or to suit for a metallicrod, strap, or spring; the principle of my invention being to secure theindex-sheets at the ends or back corners of the book against thepossibility of being shifted from their even position in the file, whileat the saine time they may be parted, papers placed between them, andheld in book form with them. Fig.

3 shows the construction ofa sheet-metal clamp for idling, the'sheet ofpaper to be filed being placed therein, and the clamp forced, in theproper place for filing the paper, to the back edge asit rests on thetable; then, holding the paper to the book with one hand and forcing theclamp out at the back edge with the other hand, leaves the paper evenwith the back edge and securely in its place.

What I claim as new and useful in my invention ise l. Notches a (L insheets, corresponding and uniting with notches and grooves a a in theholding-slats or covers, for the admission of a band or cord of. anykind to hold the sheets in even position in book form, substantially asand for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. Sheet-metal clamp, as shown in Fig. 3, for inserting papers singlybetween the indexsheets of the le-book, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinbefore set forth.

Vitnesses: LAWSON I. KEEOH.

J. L. RoBERTs, C. C. Kanon.

